The Incredible Puzzle Thread

[The Highway]

That"s the stupidest thing ive ever heard!

[Avistew]

Originally Posted by Harald B

Doing the math shows that the child is a negative nine months old. So the father has just had sex with the mother, and will presumably soon be in jail for statutory rape.

I'm not questioning your math at all, as it's incredibly easy to believe mine was faulty.
However, I don't think the age of the father was stated. If he's younger than the mother, he's not going to end up in prison, is he? And what if he's older but also under 18?

EDIT: still, maybe you can explain. My results were:

mother now: 18
baby now: 0
mother in 3 years: 21
baby in 3 years: 3
mother in 3 years divided by baby in 3 years: 9

Still, the "soon" might be "in prison" if he's older than she is, but I say the "now" is "in the hospital", no? How do you end up with negative 9 months? What did I do wrong?

With your results I get:

baby in 3 years: 2 years and 3 months
mother in 3 years: 20 and 3 months

[The Highway]

i hate puzzles that make you do maths

[Harald B]

Here's the math Avistew:

m       = c + 18
m + 3   = 9 (c + 3)
c + 21  = 9c + 27
    -6  = 8c
      c = -3/4

And I admit the puzzle doesn't really give enough information for the soon question; I'm mostly just guessing at the maker's intent there.
Also, your mistake was in thinking that 21 / 3 = 9.

[Avistew]

Originally Posted by Harald B

Here's the math Avistew:

m       = c + 18
m + 3   = 9 (c + 3)
c + 21  = 9c + 27
    -6  = 8c
      c = -3/4

And I admit the puzzle doesn't really give enough information for the soon question; I'm mostly just guessing at the maker's intent there.
Also, your mistake was in thinking that 21 / 3 = 9.

Aaah, it's 7 time 3 that's 21. Well, I remembered 3 times something was 21, and 9 times something started with something -1, so I thought it worked out

Thanks ^_^

[The Highway]

1+1=?

[Avistew]

Originally Posted by The Highway

1+1=?

3! Remember my riddle?

What, I never said I was good at math >.>
I'm pretty sure I stated several times that I was horrible at it, actually.
So yeah. I don't know my multiplications.

[The Highway]

I'll accept your answer

There's 3 other answers, though...

[Avistew]

MMh... 2, 11 and... 10?

[doodinthemood]

Intended answer was father now is pretty close to the mother, as the child is -0.75 years old (will be born in 9 months time). Also the father soon will be in front of a jury, as it was in the US and the mother is 17.25 years old.
Both rely on pretty rigid ideas of the amount of time it takes for a human to go from conception to birth, and whether the US would bother in most cases of almost-18 pregnancies, but I thought it was quite a nice puzzle.

As for 1+1, it = 0. You flick a lightswitch 1 time, and 1 bulb turns on. You flick it 1 more time, and 0 bulbs are turned on. 1+1=0.

[The Highway]

also a window. im surprised no one's said that yet

[Avistew]

Originally Posted by doodinthemood

As for 1+1, it = 0. You flick a lightswitch 1 time, and 1 bulb turns on. You flick it 1 more time, and 0 bulbs are turned on. 1+1=0.

You give that answer, and 0 Avistew is turned on.

[The Highway]

eew...

[splash1]

I declare, thaaat... There is no possible answer for that because it makes no absolute sense.

[doodinthemood]

Here's a curious little one. Not really a logic puzzle, but a question that surprisingly few people get right:

A man drives up to a petrol (gas) station and tells the owner to fill up his car. The owner does so, and starts talking. "Not seen you round here before, you travelling?" "Yeah," the man replies. "Seeing my brother for the first time in ages." "He's not from that town over there is he?" asks the owner, pointing to a small collection of houses just ahead and off the main road. "Nope." "Good!" exclaims the owner, finishing off filling the car. "I'd rather serve two cars from anywhere else than have to serve one from that place." The man thinks about it for a second. "Makes sense."

Why did the owner feel that way?

[Neelo]

Puzzle.jpg

Insert the numbers 1 through 8 on the drawing. The numbers on the squares adjacent to the square where you inserted the number can't be the numbers after or before the number you insert. For example, if have the 4 on the centre, you can't have either 6 or 3 on the squares adjacent to it.
Puzzle wrong.jpg
Puzzle Right.jpg

[Avistew]

| 13
|2486
| 75

?

EDIT: and I don't get the gas one. I'd think it was better filling up two cars than one anyways. But apparently it isn't. So I'm just confused. Maybe he's lazy?

[Neelo]

Originally Posted by doodinthemood

Here's a curious little one. Not really a logic puzzle, but a question that surprisingly few people get right:

A man drives up to a petrol (gas) station and tells the owner to fill up his car. The owner does so, and starts talking. "Not seen you round here before, you travelling?" "Yeah," the man replies. "Seeing my brother for the first time in ages." "He's not from that town over there is he?" asks the owner, pointing to a small collection of houses just ahead and off the main road. "Nope." "Good!" exclaims the owner, finishing off filling the car. "I'd rather serve two cars from anywhere else than have to serve one from that place." The man thinks about it for a second. "Makes sense."

Why did the owner feel that way?

Well, of course the man would rather serve 2 cars than 1! It doesn't matter where they're from, they're still 2 customers instead of 1! He gets twice the money!

[doodinthemood]

My method for this was to put the "best" numbers in the middle, then work the rest out from there. I think this is right:

_64
2817
_53

[Avistew]

Originally Posted by Neelo

Well, of course the man would rather serve 2 cars than 1! It doesn't matter where they're from, they're still 2 customers instead of 1! He gets twice the money!

Yeah, I thought that too, but why specifically from that town? Why is he glad the cousin isn't from there due to that? It doesn't make sense.